good morning. i m jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the washington post and welcome to first look, washington post one-stop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. this morning we are reviewing an action-packed week, amy coney barrett s nomination, , the coronavirus, stimulus talks and, of course, last nights dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump, the other performer vice president joe biden, the democratic presidential nominee. to get it started to talk about all of this is the washington post white house reporter ashley parker. thanks so much for being here. thanks for having me, jonathan. so on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the trump campaign achieve its t aim, scheduling the trump townhall at the same time as biden? well, it s the aim in some way was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden. i think yes. anecdotally, or people seems to be watching thetr trump townhall i
mark also worked with ben cramer on joe dimaggio, published in 2000. since 1989, he produced, directed, and has written many award-winning programs for pbs spanning a rich friday of subjects such as battle of the bulge, the pilgrimage of jesse theon, mount rushmore, transcontinental railroad, and jesse james. he has received the dupont columbia award, the george foster peabody award, the writers guild award, and the prize from the japan foundation. was producer and writer for the four hour pbs history of the united states supreme court, which was awarded the international documentary association s award for outstanding limited series. also the american bar association and the parents choice gold award. mark was also nominated for a primetime emmys in the category of outstanding achievement, in nonfiction filmmaking and outstanding achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. he s also the author of will you miss me when i m gone? , which came out in
produced, directed and/or written many programs for pbs. spanning a rich variety of subjects, mount rushmore, the irish in america, transcontinental railroad, robert e. lee and jesse james. he has received the dupont columbia award, the writersa™ guild award and many others. in 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the united states supreme court which was awarded the international documentary association s award for outstanding limited series. in 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the united states supreme court which was awarded the international documentary association s award for outstanding limited series. in 2008 he was nominated for a prime time emmy in the category of outstanding achievement in outstanding filmmaking and achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. he s also the author of awill you miss me when i m gone: the carter family and their legacy in american music,a which came out in 2002. it was one of ne
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